Night of Artefacts festival to offer 100 cultural programmes

The life of 16th-century dervish Gul Baba, Roman archeological finds in Europe's largest stone archives and the fan of famed 19th-century Hungarian actress-singer Lujza Blaha will be among the new highlights of this year's Night of Artefacts on June 17-19, the organisers have said.

Gulyas inaugurates Munkacsy House in Ukraine

Gergely Gulyas, the head of the Prime Minister's Office, on Thursday inaugurated a Munkacsy Mihaly Hungarian House in Mukachevo (Munkacs), in western Ukraine, to serve as a community centre for ethnic Hungarians in Transcarpathia.

Festival Academy Budapest chamber music series to be held in July

The Festival Academy Budapest chamber music series, founded by the Hungarian violinists Katalin Kokas and Barnabas Kelemen, is to be held at various venues in the capital from July 16 to 25, including at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, the Budapest Music Centre ...

Budapest to host international songwriting camp

Budapest will play host to an international songwriting camp this week, Artisjus, the Hungarian association which collects music licensing fees, and the camp's organiser, said on Monday.